Bernard Aronson
Oliver North sought Aronson's advice on persuading moderates to support President Reagan's policy on Nicaragua.
- Mr. Aronson and three other Democrats known together as The Gang of Four urged the Administration to install liberal Nicaraguans in contra leadership positions. (His colleagues were Mr. Leiken, the lobbyist Bruce P. Cameron, and Penn Kemble of the human rights group Freedom House.) In 1986 he wrote a speech for President Reagan on the eve of a crucial House vote on contra aid, seeking to appease Congressional Democrats by promising to improve the contras' performance on human rights.[1]
Aronson has accused Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez of being a 'fake Democrat'. The article which carried his comments noted that he 'works for a private equity firm that manages investments in Venezuela and elsewhere.'[2]
References
- ↑ Washington at Work; An Unlikely Diplomat Seizes the Opportunity To Shape Latin Policy, by Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 25 April 1990.
- ↑ Venezuela's Fake Democrat, Bernard Aronson, New York Times, 14 August 2004.
